Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/motati

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

    Related to *mestì (“to throw, to sweep”), see there for etymology.[1]

    Verb

    *motàti impf[1]

    1. to wind

    Inflection

    Conjugation of *motati, *mota, *motajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
    Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
    *motanьje *motati *motatъ *motalъ
    Participles
    Tense Past Present
    Passive *motanъ *motajemъ
    Active *motavъ *motaję
    Aorist Present
    Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
    Singular *motaxъ *mota *mota *motajǫ *motaješi *motajetь
    Dual *motaxově *motasta *motaste *motajevě *motajeta *motajete
    Plural *motaxomъ *motaste *motašę *motajemъ *motajete *motajǫtь
    Imperfect Imperative
    Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
    Singular *motaaxъ *motaaše *motaaše — *motaji *motaji
    Dual *motaaxově *motaašeta *motaašete *motajivě *motajita —
    Plural *motaaxomъ *motaašete *motaaxǫ *motajimъ *motajite —

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: мотати (motati) (17th-18th centuries)
    • South Slavic:
    • West Slavic:
      • Old Czech: motati
      • Polabian: mötojě (3rd singular)
      • Old Polish: motać
      • Pomeranian:
        • Kashubian: mòtac
      • Old Slovak:
        • Pannonian Rusyn: мотац (motac)
        • Slovak: motať
      • Sorbian:
        • Upper Sorbian: motać
        • Lower Sorbian: motaś

    Further reading

    • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “мота́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 544
    • Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?2. *met-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 442
    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*motati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 44

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*motàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 327: “v. ‘wind’”
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